Tar Heels Host Duke Thursday

• Carolina and Duke meet for the 246th time overall and the ninth consecutive game in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 25.
• This is the 146th consecutive Carolina-Duke game in which at least one of the teams is ranked in the AP poll.
• Carolina's game against Duke on Thursday, Feb. 8th, begins a three-game stretch in five-days in which UNC also plays at NC State (Feb. 10) and Notre Dame (Feb. 12).
• This is the first time UNC has played three regular-season ACC games in a span of five or fewer days since February 1991, when the Tar Heels played at NC State (2/6), NC State (2/7) and Virginia (2/9) in a span of four days. The second of those games was a makeup game from January when the NC State game in Chapel Hill was postponed due to the start of the Gulf War.
• This is the first time UNC had three regular-season ACC games scheduled in a five-day span since 1980.
• UNC is the only team in the ACC that is scheduled to play three regular-season conference games in a five-day span this season.
• Carolina last seven regular-season games include five games against teams in the top 50 in the NCAA's RPI (No. 7 Duke twice, No. 18 Miami, at No. 42 Louisville and at No. 43 Syracuse).
• Carolina plays home-and-home series this year against three of the top five teams in the current ACC standings (Clemson, Duke and NC State as of 2/6). UNC plays one game each against six of the seven teams at the bottom of the current ACC standings.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 75th consecutive week and the 891st time overall.
• Carolina is coming off a 96-65 win over Pitt on 2/3, a 31-point victory that snapped a three-game losing streak. Duke lost at St. John's, 82-78, that same day.
• UNC is 17-7 overall, 6-5 in the ACC, and is ranked No. 21 in the AP poll. The ninth-ranked Blue Devils are 19-4, 7-3.
• Carolina and Duke are No. 1-2 respectively in the country in rebounds per game, and first and third in rebound margin. Duke leads the nation in scoring, is fourth in offensive rebounding and fifth in assists; the Tar Heels are ninth in assists, 11th in offensive boards and 30th in scoring.
• Carolina is 12th in KenPom's overall rankings – including 15th in offensive efficiency and 30th in defensive efficiency. Duke is fifth overall in KenPom – second in offense and 72nd in defense.
• Carolina is 12th in the NCAA's RPI (as of 2/7). UNC's Carolina's opponents have an average RPI of 86, which is the fourthhighest in the country, and its strength of schedule is ranked the fourth-most difficult in the nation.
• Carolina's first 24 opponents average the fifth-best defensive efficiency and the 15th-best offensive efficiency in the nation.
• Carolina has four wins over teams ranked this week in the AP top 20 (over No. 14 Ohio State, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Clemson and No. 20 Michigan). Two of UNC's seven losses have come against current top-five teams (No. 2 Virginia and No. 4 Michigan State).
• Joel Berry II is one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award (this is the second year in a row Berry is a finalist). Three Tar Heels have won the Bob Cousy Award, given to the top point guard in the nation – Raymond Felton in 2005, Ty Lawson in 2009 and Kendall Marshall in 2012.
• Luke Maye is one of 20 players on the John R. Wooden Award (national player of the year) late-season watch list. Maye and Duke's Marvin Bagley III are the only ACC players on the list.

CAROLINA-DUKE SERIES
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke, 135-110.
• The Blue Devils have won 13 of the last 18 meetings (since the start of the 2009-10 season). UNC had won six of seven from 2006-09.
• Carolina is 63-36 in Chapel Hill, including 17-15 in the Smith Center.
• Head coach Roy Williams is 12-18 against Duke as Carolina's head coach, including 6-8 at the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have played 245 games against Duke, more than any other opponent.
• This is the first time in six meetings Duke is ranked higher than UNC.
• Carolina is 42-45 against Mike Krzyzewski's Duke teams.
• Carolina and Duke have won 38 of the ACC's 64 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships, including 20 by Duke and 18 by UNC.
• Carolina and Duke are No. 1 and 2 all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
• Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title 31 times. The Blue Devils are second with 19 regular-season crowns.
• Either Carolina or Duke have played in the NCAA Final Four 25 times in the last 37 seasons (Carolina in 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017). Both teams reached the 1991 Final Four.
• The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won 10 national championships in the last 36 seasons, five by Carolina and five by Duke.
• Carolina has played in an NCAA-record 20 Final Fours. Duke has played in 16 Final Fours.
• Roy Williams is 13-21 against Duke – 12-18 at Carolina and 1-3 while the head coach at Kansas. During his 10-year tenure as Dean Smith's assistant, Carolina was 16-11 against the Blue Devils.
• Last year, Carolina beat the Blue Devils, 90-83, in the Smith Center behind Joel Berry II's 28 points. Berry tied a UNC record by making all five of his three-point attempts (all in the first half).
• Berry scored 15 in the loss at Duke last year. He played only 24 minutes due to foul trouble and scored 10 in Duke's win in Brooklyn in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
• Theo Pinson tied his career high with eight assists against Duke in Brooklyn.
• Luke Maye made his first career start at Duke last season. He was starting in place of Isaiah Hicks, who had a hamstring injury.

GAME 24: UNC 96, PITT 65
• Carolina made more three-pointers (11) than the opponents (10) for the time in five games since the win over Clemson on 1/16.
• Carolina shot 51.4 percent from the floor. It was the 10th time this year UNC shot 50 percent or better (fourth time in ACC play).
• UNC shot 50 percent in the first half and 52.9 in the second. It was the third time this year UNC shot 50 percent or better in both halves and the first time since the Western Carolina game on 12/6.
• UNC scored 96 points, most since it scored 96 against Boston College on 1/9.
• Carolina scored 22 second-chance points. NC State and Clemson had scored 22 second-chance points in the last two games.
• Carolina had a 17-4 advantage in points off turnovers. UNC had been out-scored in points off turnovers in seven of the last eight games (and they tied Notre Dame at 6-6 in the other).
• The Tar Heels had 29 assists, second most in a game this year (31 vs. Western Carolina).
• It was the first game this season six Tar Heels scored in double figures.
• Carolina scored 51 points in the second half - it was the second game in a row UNC reached 50 or more points in the second half (50 at Clemson).
• Joel Berry II played in his 100th win as a Tar Heel (has played in 131 games).
• Luke Maye scored a game-high 26 points. It was his 11th 20-point game of the season and the 13th time he led UNC in scoring this year.
• Maye tied his career high with five assists.
• Theo Pinson led UNC with 13 rebounds and eight assists. It was his fourth career game with 10 or more rebounds (third time in the last five games).
• Pinson tied his career high with eight assists (sixth time). It was the 36th time in his career and 15th time this season he led UNC in assists.
• Pinson scored just two points but accounted for 27 points on offensive rebounds and assists (18 on eight assists and nine on six offensive rebounds).
• UNC is 11-1 this year when Pinson has five or more assists and 14-3 when he has more assists than turnovers.
• Kenny Williams scored 15 points, most in five games since he had 15 against Clemson on 1/16. He had averaged 4.8 points in the last four games.
• Williams was 3 for 5 from three-point range. It was his first game with three 3FGs since Virginia on 1/6.
• Cameron Johnson had 14 points, four assists and two steals in his first game against Pitt, for whom he played the last three seasons.
• Garrison Brooks and Sterling Manley both scored 10 points. For both players, it was their ACC scoring high.
• It was Brooks' fourth time in double figures and Manley's third. It was the second time they both scored in double figures (Bucknell).
• Carolina has won five in a row against Pitt, and has won all seven games all-time against the Panthers in Chapel Hill.

NOTABLE...
• Joel Berry II reached the 400-career assist mark in the game at Clemson. He joined Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Kenny Smith, Jeff Lebo and Marcus Paige as the sixth Tar Heel with 1,500 points and 400 assists.
• Berry has scored 1,593 points and has 407 assists.
• Berry made four three-pointers against Pitt and passed Shammond Williams for second all-time at UNC in three-pointers with 234. Berry's made 61 threes in 23 games this year, the second most per game (2.65) ever by a Tar Heel.

Single-Season 3FGs Per Game
2.71 – Shammond Williams, 1996-97
2.65 – Joel Berry II, 2017-18 (61 in 24 games)
2.63 – Justin Jackson, 2016-17
2.62 – P.J. Hairston, 2012-13
2.58 – Hubert Davis, 1991-92

Single-Season Free Throw Percentage
.911 – Shammond Williams, 1997-98
.894 – Joel Berry II, 2017-18 (76 of 85)
.878 – Jeff Lebo, 1987-88
.877 – Marcus Paige, 2013-14
.876 – Steve Hale, 1984-85
.871 – Darrell Elston, 1973-74
.868 – York Larese, 1959-60
.867 – Joel Berry II, 2015-16

• Berry will be making his 100th career start.
• Luke Maye (18.3) and Joel Berry II (17.3) lead Carolina in scoring. The last time two Tar Heels averaged 17 points or more in the same season was 1983-84, when Michael Jordan (19.6) and Sam Perkins (17.6) were UNC's top scoring duo.
• The 96-65 win over Pitt was the 100th win Joel Berry II has played in as a Tar Heel.
• Maye is on pace to become the sixth Tar Heel to average a double-double in the last 40 years with Brice Johnson (2016), John Henson (2011), Tyler Hansbrough (2008), Sean May (2005) and Antawn Jamison (1998).
• The Tar Heels lead the country in rebounds per game (43.4) and rebound margin (11.7).

REBOUNDS PER GAME
43.4 – North Carolina
42.7 – Duke
42.2 – Texas A&M
42.1 – Wichita State
41.6 – Bethune-Cookman

REBOUND MARGIN
11.7 – North Carolina
10.5 – Wichita State
10.4 – Duke
10.4 – Michigan State
9.3 – Cincinnati

• Carolina has had a plus-10 or more rebound margin four previous times in its history – three of those four seasons have come in the Roy Williams era (2007-08, 2011-12 and 2016-17 under Williams and the undefeated season in 1956-57).
• Roy Williams' teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in rebound margin in 14 of his previous 29 seasons as a head coach, including ninth, ninth and first in the last three seasons.
• Carolina is third in the country in rebounding its own missed shots. The Tar Heels grab 38.3 percent of their own missed shots.

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING PERCENTAGE
.412 – Duke
.391 – Cincinnati
.383 – North Carolina

• Carolina is 26th in the country in protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels are rebounding 75.7 percent of the opponents' missed field goals and free throws.
• Luke Maye has led UNC in both scoring and rebounding nine times this season. UNC is 8-1 when Maye leads in both categories (loss at Virginia Tech).
• Maye leads UNC in blocked shots with 30. At 6-8, Maye would the shortest Tar Heel to lead the team in blocks since Danny Green (6-5) in 2006. Maye has blocked nine shots in the last four games.
• Maye and Duke's Marvin Bagley III are the only players in the top five in the ACC in both scoring and rebounding.
• Maye and Bagley are also the only players in the ACC in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage.
• Luke Maye has 12 double-doubles. He is tied for the seventh-most double-doubles in a season in the Roy Williams era.

Double-Doubles in a Season
(under Roy Williams, 10 or more)
23 by Brice Johnson, 2015-16
19 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
18 by John Henson, 2010-11 and 2011-12
18 by Sean May, 2004-05
14 by Tyler Zeller, 2011-12
13 by Kennedy Meeks, 2016-17
12 by Luke Maye, 2017-18
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07

• Carolina is making 8.2 three-pointers per game, which is second in school history and the most in the Roy Williams era. The previous high under Roy Williams was 7.6 in 2012-13 when UNC started four perimeter players over the final 13 games.

MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME
8.3 in 2002-03
8.2 in 2017-18
7.8 in 1994-95
7.6 in 2012-13
7.6 in 2001-02

• Carolina has scored 29.7 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That's the highest percentage in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as UNC's head coach.

SCORING FROM THREE-POINT FGs (last 15 seasons)
29.7 percent – 2017-18
29.3 percent – 2012-13
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17

• Carolina is attempting 34 percent of its field goals from three-point range. That is the highest percentage in the Roy Williams era. The previous high was 31.7 percent in 2005-06.
• This is the fifth time in the last 15 seasons UNC attempted at least 30 percent of its field goals from three-point distance. UNC attempted 39.9 percent from beyond the arc under head coach Matt Doherty in 2002-03.
• The opponents have made 10 or more three-pointers in 17 of 24 games, including nine of 11 in ACC play. UNC is 12-5 when the opponents make 10 or more threes. The opponents have made 120 threes in league play; no other team has allowed more than 102.
• NC State and Clemson became the first teams to ever make 15 three-pointers against UNC in consecutive games.
• Carolina's opponents are scoring 42.9 percent of their points on three-pointers, the highest percentage against any team in the country.
• In UNC's last three losses, Virginia Tech, NC State and Clemson have scored 126 of 246 points from three-point range (51.2 percent).
• The opponents are making 10.4 three-pointers per game, the highest in a season against the Tar Heels.

OPPONENT THREE-POINTERS PER GAME
10.4 – 2017-18
9.6 – 1995-96
8.8 – 1994-95
8.0 – 2016-17
7.9 – 1996-97

• Carolina's opponents are shooting 38.2 percent from three-point range, the third-highest percentage in a season by the opponents (39.6 in 1982-83 with the line at 17 feet, 7 inches and 38.7 in 1992-92 at 19'9"; the current distance is 20'-9").
• Carolina's last four opponents – Virginia Tech, NC State, Clemson and Pitt – have all attempted 30 three-point shots. This is the first time in UNC history the opponents have attempted 30 or more three-pointers in four consecutive games. It happened three games in a row one time in 1997-98.
• Prior to this season (when it happened earlier this season by Michigan and Davidson as well as the last four games), the last time opponents took 30 or more threes in back-to-back games was 2006-07 (38 by Winthrop and 33 by Gardner-Webb).
• Six of UNC's 11 ACC opponents have attempted 30 or more three-pointers (33 by Boston College and 31 by Clemson in Chapel Hill; Wake Forest and Florida State attempted 29).
• Overall, the opponents have taken 30 or more threes in nine of the 24 games. Carolina is 6-3 in games in which the opponents hoist 30 or more three-point shots.
• In the previous two seasons, the opponents attempted 30 or more threes six times in 80 games (five times in 2015-16 and once – by Tulane – in 2016-17).
• Carolina is shooting 49.8 percent from the floor at the Smith Center and has a rebound margin of 15.9 per game in its 12 home games.
• Three of Carolina's starters are shooting better than 80 percent from the free throw line this season – Joel Berry II (.894), Cameron Johnson (.886) and Theo Pinson (.810). This is the first time three starters shot 80 percent from the line since 2007-08, when Ty Lawson (.835), Wayne Ellington (.826) and Tyler Hansbrough (.806) accomplished that.
• Carolina's current five starters (started the last eight games) have combined for 321 assists and 178 turnovers. All five have a positive assist-error ratio, led by Cameron Johnson (30/15, 2.0), Theo Pinson (105/53, 2.0) and Kenny Williams (56/28, 2.0).
• Carolina is averaging nearly five more possessions per game than the opponents (86.5 to 81.7).
• The Tar Heels have averaged a point per possession or better in four of their last five halves, including a season-high 1.39 in the second half at Clemson. UNC's points per possession against Pitt was 1.09, second highest in an ACC game this year (1.14 in win over Clemson).
• The Tar Heels held their last two opponents to under 40 percent shooting from the floor in the last two games (.345 by Clemson and .303 by Pitt).

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Garrison Brooks

Isaiah Hicks

Justin Jackson

Cameron Johnson

Sterling Manley

Luke Maye

Kennedy Meeks

Theo Pinson

Kenny Williams

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